Lister and planter



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LISTER AND PLANTER Filed Aug. 25-, 1922 2 Sheets- Sheet 2 Patented June 21, 1927.

units as PATENT oFFICE;

"W LTER sILvEiyon'MoLInn' tLINoIs, ASSIGNOR TO DEERE & COMPANY, on

" uyIomnn, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION on ILLINOIS.

LISTER AND PLAN'IER.

My invention relates to combined listers and planters of the two row'type, and has for its object, more particularly, certain features of adjustment which will be clearly set forth in the following specification.

Referring to the drawings in which simi-' lar. numerals indicate 1dent1cal parts Figure 1 1 511 planfiview of a 'llst'er and planter embodying my invention, Figure 2 .plow. bodyand connected parts on. the plow beam, and also showing adjustment of the rear supporting and covering wheels for alinen'ient thereoi w1th the-plant1ng mechanism. qFigurel is adetail section on the line of Figure 2.

Figure his a rear view of the frog, and Figureti is a detail of the rear whe'el support. I

The frame includes the plow beams 1 and 2 which are rigidly connected by a brace 3 at the forward ends of the beams, and by a -similar,;brace 4 located intermediate the length of the beams. downwardly at their rear ends to form The beams are bent standards on which the plowbodies are supported An axle 5' is rockably ournaled in suitable hearings on the frame and is provided with crank ends on which are mounted .rig arn'is and 26 which are bent intersupporting wheels 6 and 7. The rear portionof each-plow. beam. compr ses a downwardly extending, standard-.Qfixedly eonnected' to and preferably integral with the beam, which standards, as best shown in Fig. 4:; have fiatsidefaces at their opposite sides to provide surfaces ior the attachment thereto of a bracket composed of platesS, 9 spaced apart to receive betweenwt-hem the vertical web 11 of a trogjlO. As best shown in Fig. 5, said web extends rearwardly from the central portion of the frog and as shown in Figs. 3 and a it fits between the forward 'end portions of the side plates 8, 9 to which it is secured by bolts 12,13 which pass through said plates. the web and the standure 2. The platesS,

. after explained.

,20 in alinement with the plow points.

\ Application filed: August 23, 1922. Serial in 583,789.

we so. that by means of nuts screwed on said bolts the parts are rigidly held together,

the rigidity being insured by bolts 14 and whicheritend through the plates8 and 9 '1and pr.o ect1ons lfiand 17- on the web 11 of the frogs 10 as shown in dotted lines in Figextension. of the web l1 vby which certain otherparts aresupported as will be herein- Y t will be noted that by the construction described the frog may be secured at either side of the standard, since the side faces of thestandard provide attaching surfaces against which the outer faces ofthe plates 8, 9 may alternatively be fitted, and by shifting the web .11 and the b clzetcomprising the plates 8, 9 from one side to the other of the standard the frog will be shifted laterally withrespect to the plow beam. i I

Secureden the frogs 10 respectively are hster plow -bod1es :18 and 19, and'on the lowerend of each frog'is mounted a blade 0 i 1 A subsorler'Ql, rearward of each cutter, is supcited between the plates 8 and 9, the shank 22 of the subsoiler being held in position between the plates by suitable bolts which pass through slots 23 and 24 in the plates 8 and 9 whereby the subsoiler can be adjusted vertically. .The. plates 8 and 9 are provided with upper parallel and rearwardly extendfrogs from one side to the other of the standard or standards, to which they are attached, and this change may be made without disturbing any of the parts mounted on the frame or the connections of the spouts 27, since as said spouts are flexible their lower end portions are carried laterally with 9, therefore, form an r from one side to the other of the standards.

structure.

The subsoiler 21 is also shifted with said plates.

The rear supporting and covering wheels 28 and 29 are journaled on axles 3O rigidly mounted on the rearward part of castings 31 which have forwardly inclined sleeves 32. Rigidly secured in the sleeves 3:2 are crank ends of spindles 33 having vertical portions rotatably journaled in bearings 34 integral with brackets 35. Extending rearwardly of the beams 1 and 2 respectively are supplemental frames composed of'. bars 36 and 37, the former rigidly secured to the beams 1 and 2, and tlie'latter-bolted to'the central portion of the brace 4. The bars '36 and 37 converge rearwardly and at their rearward ends are provided withvertically disposed side faces at opposite sides thereof, the brackets 35 being provided with corresponding vertical side faces adapted to fit against the side faces of the bars 36, 37 and to be fastened thereto by bolts 38 and 39. As best shown in Figures 1 and 3', the vertically disposed side faces at the rear ends of the bars 36, 37 are substantially alined respectively with the corresponding side faces of the beam standards, and, therefore, by securing the bracket 35 and the web 11 of the corresponding unit at the same side of the supplemental frame and standard respectively the wheels 28, 29' of such unit may be maintained in proper relation to the furrow opener with-which they are associated, notwithstanding adjustment of such furrow opener to change the distance between rows. All that it is necessary to do to make such change is to shift the plates 8, 9 from one side to the other of the standard to which they are connected, and to similarly shift the bracket'35 with respect to the supplemental frame to which it is attached. Mounted on the bars 36 are castings 40 having verticalopenings 41 in the lower ends of which the spouts 27 are held. Seed hoppers 42 and 43 are supported on the castings 40 and the mechanism therein, for delivering seed to the openings 41 and the spouts 27, is operated by a shaft 44 journaled in bearings on the brackets 40 and operated by suitable gearing connected with the wheel 7. Braces 45 are bolted between the bars 36 and 37 to add rigidity to the The lister is raised by rocking the axle 5 by operation of a lever 46 or by traction power of one of the front supporting wheels in a mamier known in the art.

' In the operation of a machine of this type it is oftendesirable to vary the distance between rows, consequently the listers, with theirattached parts, and the rear supporting and covering wheels must be made adjustable laterally to provide for such varia- I tion. To vary the distance between the listers I remove the bolts 12 and 13 and shift the units comprising the plow bodies 18 and 19, the frog 10, the cutter 20, the brackets composed of the plates 8 and 9, and the subpo'sitionof""the* seed hoppers which are mounted on the frame in a permanent fixed position.

What I claim is- 1 1. In an agricultural implement, the combination with a wheel supported frame comprising plow beams fixedlysecured at opposite sides thereof, and having fixed downwardly extending standards'V-provided with faces at the sidesthereof, of furrow openers adapted to be secured to said standards, each of said furrowopenershaving a frog secured; thereto, said frog havinga central vertical webextending rearwardly therefrom and adapted to overlie, alternatively, either side face of one of said standards,

and means extending transversely "of-said web and standard for securing the web to its standard at either side thereof.

2. In a two row lister, the combination with a wheel supported frame comprising plow beams fixedly secured at opposite sides thereof, and having fixeddownwardly ex-.

tending standards provided with side faces, of furrow openers adapted to be secured to said standards, each of said furrowopeners having a frog secured thereto comprisinga rearwardly extending web, a bracket 'secured to said web and having faces at op posite sides thereof adapted to bear alternatively against one side face or the other of one of said standards, a seed 'tubecon nected with "said bracket, and'means for se-.

curing said bracket to said standard at either side thereof.

3. In a two row lister, the'combination with a wheel supported framecomprising plow beams fixedly secured at opposite'si'des thereof and having fixed downwardlyextending standards provided with's'ide faces, rearwardly projecting supplemental frames fixedly connected with the side portions of said frame and having vertically disposed side faces at their rear ends substantially alined respectively with the corresponding side faces of said standards, furrow openers adapted tobe secured to said standards,

each of said furrow openers liaving afrog secured thereto, said frog having a central vertlcal web extending rearwardly therefrom and adapted to overlie, alternatively, either side face of one of said standards, means for securing the Web to its standard at either side thereof, bearing brackets each having two vertically disposed side faces adapted, alternatively, to fit against the op-' posite side faces of one of said supplemental frames, whereby said bearing brackets may be maintained insubstantial longitudinal 'alinement with said Webs, means for seand covering spindles.

Wheels carried by said WALTER H. SILVER. 

